Per Degaton

A bitter laboratory assistant obsessed with power, Per Degaton gained access to time-travel technology and used it to rewrite history in his favor, repeatedly attempting to conquer the past, present, and future while clashing with DC's greatest hero teams.

Few villains carry the weight of history quite like Per Degaton — a time-obsessed schemer who crashed into the Bronze Age through Justice League of America #193 in 1981, conjured by the formidable creative team of Roy Thomas, Rich Buckler, and Jeremiah Ordway. His stomping grounds span some of DC's most beloved corners of the Golden Age revival, from the pages of All-Star Squadron to Justice League of America and the sweeping retrospective DC Universe: Legacies, keeping dangerous company with legends like Green Lantern, Hawkman, The Flash, Doctor Fate, and Alan Scott. That he's been a thorn in DC's side across roughly four decades — right up to 2021 — speaks to a staying power that transcends any single era. For fans who love their comics steeped in history and grand temporal stakes, Per Degaton is exactly the kind of deep-cut obsession worth chasing down.